sending varibles with line breakes using header();

studiobanks

header("Location: newsletter_1.php?message=$message");

The varible $message is a body of text with line breaks. With it gets sent using the header tag I loss everything after the first line break. I have tried the following:

$message = str_replace("\n", " ", $message);
and then sending the varible using the header tag but I still only get the first paragraph, and then a at the end.

$message = nl2br($message);
same thing happens here.

please help.

Banks

vladibo

Break might be not only "\n" but also "\r" so do:
$message = str_replace("\n", " ", $message);
$message = str_replace("\r", " ", $message);

tekky

Originally posted by vladibo
Break might be not only "\n" but also "\r" so do:
$message = str_replace("\n", " ", $message);
$message = str_replace("\r", " ", $message);

if this was the case... I would do...

$message = str_replace("\n\r", "<br>", $message); 
$message = str_replace("\n", "<br>", $message);
$message = str_replace("\r", "<br>", $message);

that way you dont get double tags...

and another more simple method...

$message = urlencode($message);

and on the receiving page....

$message = urldecode($_GET['message']);